"Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.'"

"Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith."

"What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped."

"From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

"To dream is to realize that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"The foundation of joy is the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are."